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Recent Examples of airframe
The preliminary report shows all flight control surfaces were intact and the engine was still attached to the airframe.
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2024
As for the 787s that had already been delivered previously with these out-of-conformance gaps and are today flying around the world — about 980 jets — Boeing studied whether there is a long-term risk that their airframes could age more quickly and potentially fail.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
List price for a new airframe is around $78 million.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that’s not unusual for cargo flights.
—Siarhei Satsiuk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2024
As for the 787s that had already been delivered previously with these out-of-conformance gaps and are today flying around the world — about 980 jets — Boeing studied whether there is a long-term risk that their airframes could age more quickly and potentially fail.
—Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2024
List price for a new airframe is around $78 million.
—Doug Gollan, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
The Boeing 737 was 31 years old, which is considered by experts to be an older airframe, though that’s not unusual for cargo flights.
—Siarhei Satsiuk, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for airframe
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Meanwhile, flights within the U.S. are more expensive than a year ago, as airlines’ capacity growth slows and aircraft delivery delays from Boeing and Airbus continue to dog carriers.Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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The aircraft landed safely and the incident will be investigated, an FAA official said.Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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Boeing’s gross orders for the year stood at 569, while net orders were 377 airplanes — 317 including accounting adjustments.Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Jan. 2025
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For reference, commercial airplanes are allowed to have 1,000 feet of stack between them when flying below 29,000 feet, and must have 2,000 feet of stack between them when above 29,000 feet.Kristin Jenny, Outside Online, 13 Jan. 2025
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Crews are waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to give the OK to send the plane back in the air.Kevin Shalvey, ABC News, 13 Jan. 2025
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Jorgensen explained that there are gaps in the data, which becomes more complete the closer the plane is to take off.Caitlin Chandler, WIRED, 13 Jan. 2025
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The Pentagon expected the warship to be operational in the first half of 2025. What To Know Photos taken by Chinese ship spotters showed the Fujian returned to Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai, where it was constructed in 2017 and launched, from its sixth sea trial.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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That said, this first scene explains that passage (either in or out) across the Barrier is nigh impossible without access codes or a 'key' that's built into the ships used by Old Republic emissaries.Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 8 Jan. 2025
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To put that into perspective, the Hindenburg airship, infamous for being filled with hydrogen before its catastrophic demise, was filled with roughly 18 metric tons of hydrogen.New Atlas, New Atlas, 27 Dec. 2024
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Our next stop was the 30-foot plaster bas-relief The Spirit of Transportation, which depicts modes of transit beginning on the far left with oxen pulling a Conestoga wagon and culminating on the right with a child holding an airship—the future in 1895 when it was carved.Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
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But neighbors can take heart that among the conditions are: No helicopter landings, no gambling, no animal circuses.Jeff Kleinman, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
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The rescue group also highlighted the incident should serve as a reminder that a search mission could take longer if a helicopter team is grounded.David Chiu, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Airframe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/airframe. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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